Insurers vs. health-care reform

The health-insurance industry group AHIP issues a warning about health-care reform. Is it credible?

The health-insurance lobby just “launched a surgical strike” against the Democrats’ “best hope for health reform,” said NBC Washington. A new report from America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) shows how Sen. Max Baucus’ health bill, up for vote in the Finance Committee on Tuesday, would drive up the cost of care for families and businesses. And so ends AHIP's public support for and “behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign” against health-care reform.

“Let me get this right,” said Josh Marshall in Talking Points Memo. The insurance lobby hires an accounting firm that says insurance reform will drive up costs, and “this is news?” Why does the news media fall for this “rent-a-research”?

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